Wild Fires - Bambara

I woke up today

I woke up today and I saw you

Woke up and I saw you

Stuffing leaves in your mouth

You were mumbling something

About wild fires

And how they sound

Come inside

Come inside

I woke up today and I saw you

Woke up and I saw you

Digging a hole in the ground

You were down on your hands and knees

Forming all the dirt into a mound

On top you made a house of sticks

Round a fat tick plucked from your scalp

Come inside

Come inside

It’s too cold out there

Come back to bed

I woke up last night and I saw you

Standing out in the moonlight

Tying a noose with a vine

I said mostly to myself:

«Is that thing for you or is it mine?»

It’s too cold out there

Come back inside the bedroom

You said: «It's colder next to you.»